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3rd place in the baseball world in the Saber “WAR” index … High value next to Murakami and Yamamoto

“WAR (wins above replacement)” has become popular among light fans as an index for evaluating players. You can measure the contribution of the team and compare all the players on the same playing field. From 26th, Yakult’s Munetaka Murakami is the best fielder this season, and that’s no surprise. However, the name of a player who can be said to be the second base fielder is… Outfielder Yuki Okabayashi, who is in his third year at Chunichi, is proudly listed.

It is an index that shows how much a team has won more than when a replacement player participates, and is evaluated comprehensively for batting, defense, base running, and pitching. According to “DELTA” (https://1point02.jp/), which analyzes professional baseball data from a sabermetrics perspective, the highest Murakami is by far the best with “10.3”.

Orix’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto came 2nd overall with a score of 7.7. The flavor of the baseball world is likely to win the title of pitcher with 15 wins this season. Okabayashi, who finished 3rd overall, recorded a score of 6.2. He pitched a perfect game and is slightly higher than Lotte pitcher Aki Sasaki’s “6.1” who has nine wins so far.

A position where they can aim for the title with the most hits, and victory in the battle between the empty seats